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iMii WWr.'feP;;y- liii’ns of the rt h a s ,^ e n Arthur J. '■iJlie f a i ^ de- Jssioher of I the '^ght- : rts-fo r /r e - ■ - ■ ’i-; dment pro- on of' the ler in- ap- • proceedings revie# by 1 theipian- le seyehty-- acticevlaw \NASSAU'S LAReEST WEEKLY > ;li FREEPORT : 2it> Code 11S2D ' 32nd Year. No. 40 i A x m m Zip Code 11510 MERRICK FItEEPOBTV tI. A Few W « I* r a w M P a w n About Vasil mi mf -m When sained ' safes iO tbe : tSOssl. : - mram: a J;s.r;'Sr:; • By THOMAS F. McMAHON Since I’ve been a close confidante of Eddie Vasil for many years, and since we’ve put many issues of THE LEADER \to bed” together, ■ I thought it would be quite appropos that I turn the tables on this . man who has written hundreds of thousands of words about people and plaeear and. \News Behind the News,’,' and give you this capsule of the highlights of Eddie Vasil, \The Newspaperman's Newspaper- ■ ■ . Actually, stories by'Ed Vasil have appeared-in print for 35 first by-line column was printed in the WEBSTER (Mass.) • TIMES m 1332, Since then his articles r'\'’ nub- , lishcd coasMo-edast and as sjm- — — ‘ \'\\ ' — dicated features in hundreds of newspapers. They have .ippehred in such publications as the TELE GRAM g a z e t t e (Worcester, Mass,)- SPRINGFIELD REPUB LICAN, BOSTON GLOBE, HUT- TIMES, -NEW YORK SERVER. PUTNAM PATRIOT, ROOSEVELT PRESS, L. I. GRAPHIC. NASSAU REPORT ER, SOUTH SHORE REPORT ER, NASSAU REVIEW-STAR, DAILY MIRHOW, NEW YORK HERALD., TRIBUNE, t E X A S ( STAB. DENVER POST. LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, etc. ' His poem oh Col. Charles Lind- berg won him the Lawrence Daley 'Journalistic . Scholarship j , . Award to Northeastern Univer- ,EDWARD __ _________ _______ 'sity. During World War II he served In. the. Navy., He Was’'Public , . ' Relations Officer for the Sea Bees and later served as P ip foe the Naval Special Devices Center and for the Chemical Corps. , ' • ; Eddie Vasil speaks 5 languages, and has been a featured y ^ o headUhor and news commentator on WGBB. WKIT, WRHO, WTAG, WORC. WKBE and tho YANKEE NETWORK and CBS. His wire / services include United Press Inlcrnalibnal, Standard. Hews Service, - Associated Press and National Press Syndicate. He is a 30-year mem ber of the New York Press Club’, New-York Newspaper Heporters' Aasodation. National Editorial Association end Sigma Delta Chi the ■ Nalional Professional .Journalistic Society. „ . In 1940, he end florist LYMAN “Lum” DURYEA teamed.to- ■ gelher to create the now famous DURYEA ORCHID A W A ^ which -is presented M a floral tribute of publi!T'apprceiat%; of , able service, in the community. Sines then they have presehted more , -, -than 2,500 beautiful orchid pofsages to worthy recipients: ‘ In public telktions, Ed: Vasil has represented such, personalities and enterprises as. Guy Lombardo, Joat> Caulfield, Alan' Lad, Gov. Ronald Reagan, Paramount Studios, Warner Bros„; Century Theatres Village Party To Hold Party : -- I Perry Fischer and Evelyn Kicly, Vice President arid Secte- tary of the Village Par^syjlBi. nounced that a Cocktail I w t y will be held at-the Masonic Hall on Sunday, February 18, from 4 to ll p.m. . ' .Tickets are limited and will.be sold on a first come basis. They urge,you to .secure your,tickets at once ■ ■ '' ■ ' ' '■ ■•’■■■ NAME BEN CIARAVINO Vet«ai Conmitteesiss And Native Fieeperter Wins Local Repabikaii t«!.s,T o _ By J v RTHUH M. w i e n e r ._ On Tuesday evening, Feb, 20, Freeport Lions will be joined by wives, friends and neighbors at Roosevelt. Raceway’s . Cloud Casino. ’ , ' ; This is the only Spring event held, by the Lions. Please support it. Proceeds have been earmark ed for “conservation of the blind.” F they foe] eonOilent-lhat ibis F r e ^ t RepiibUew 5 - endorsement : will be the salient foature vtitldi . ^ assure tb nomlnaHon Iw.Bea p l ^ n ^ . s ^ A. VASIL Freeport is considered one of the modi w tiv* and ' , strcingest fighting POP communtties In- ihe Clewylno , County.’ ‘ | . . Ben Ciaravfoo Ik- a l l o ^ 'boy who haslli^ this - ' I 'vlilege, He is a graduate Af Freeport High Sehoo). Hofstre, Cornell ' -J and; Brooklyn Law School - j Tickets are.availa&e from, El- : Handsom«:a»d:^^^^ active in tha I Hot Samuelson at 72 South-Grove eommunity.;Haier*^: credite;lnciudo Street, Freeport. Tickets, include Rasi Commarid«r . ^ jthie'Mteriim^ ------ fiA M e i A < r * 4 l n n r m - , » . B m W m « d i e i k 't r H f i w I i t * f « M U l admiasion to the Club House, en trance to the Cloud Oosinb and a full course dinner. •* U ip* ii#i|M euesee»*m w * \ --,. w e .,1 # n a ^ . • * e * # » w n • • ■ I p e ^ o n f /. w w i^ g iir. j \w ' — .. . Sons of Italy, a member of Iha^nlghti of Columbus, etojlfo enviable record of serviw with tha Nary I and holds this tank o f , Commander. Ben U a prominent lawyor with o«k»sJn_Freeport. — — ^ ^ Local Jewry Honors Bluestein & Juster ' ------ . ■— ------------ - J Leo M. Bluestein rind Julian J; Jjister will-b^ the guests o « - u « a w v i a a ii « vrcAgbCA wwuAeAa j W I llrilU , * # . 1 1 1 1 | ■ W • eW' , Gyrodene Corp., Roosevelt and Now Yorker Hotels, Vlrginis Mayo m ' ■' ' . w O IM- and Michael O'Shea, Princess Ming Chu, Boy Scouts, numerous r a ^ o L O d p T © A T D c lll ' stations.tations. Hearteart Fund,und, Reded Cross,ross, Cancerancer Campaign,ampaign, etc.tc, . E s H F R C C C e Eddie VasU, long-time Managing Editor of THE LEADER and widely-read columnist, can. easily be considered the \Dean of the Fourth Estate\ in . this area.--Printer's Ink instead of-blood nira through his veins. His only love is joumelism and his typewriter. Is ; both his vocation and avocation. ' ^ i I join with his many ficiends, colleagues and readers in con gratulating Eddie V a sirdn his 35th year as a working-al-around newspaperman. ■ i \i f Final Registration Set For Freeport Little League .The flnal .registmtion-for Rrir ticipation in : R e e p o it - .little' League baseball for the 1968 sria- son will take place on Saturday, Jan. 27 from 0 am ., until. 12 .noon ,r -..y y. I-' . . -k,..,;, -w.f at both the Leo Giblyn and Columbus Avenue achools. -> Participation in Freeport Lit- 1068- 3-3008, FIl'3-))49l' Boys'must b e acompanied'by..a parent, or guardian, M d murt a' SroSJ* 1 « - | | B’hai B'rith Sets I'’-. ■ ■ Justice. Lodge and. Chapter, B’nai B’rith wU celebrate \Leap Y e ^ 196f pn Saturday, Feb. 3 attb e Union Reform .Temple, No. Brookside Ave., at '9 p.m:. . | Hpr d’oeuvers and a late- sup per will be served. , ' For 'inforimation Jan Tel- sey, jm 8-0563 or -Dolores Man: del, MA 3-5068. . . ,, 'if ■’ . V\ re a ^ & u u n OA .yewi»n-.r-micuiuvwpiiC»,_pwjmuy|.umis .■ :j'a> ICongregatlon B’n a i‘Israel to. Freeport.. . \ ' , - . -j I 'aiiE for the community-wide brunch, In support xjf FederaUon s ' 6Qth .annual fund-raising cam^ .... ... — - ----- paign, were announced Jointly by David Krieger and L, George Wolder, chairmen of the divisidn'. DRUG STORE NOTICE According to the chairmen: /*'.^ Federation celebrates its Golden Anniversary, we : gladly express our warmest friendship, admira tion and respect to our guests of honor who never sought.bu^ deep ly ^ e r i t bur rpcpgrution and gra titude for enriching our livcp by their shining example.\ ' Federation la the nation’s’lar- gest group of riptriarfan-Bp^te^ hMlih, . w ^ rire ,Md epnm u ^ty :pederatl6ri:*ia:aeeklng to raise,’ a -. - rent Golden Anniversary Cgm- J paign. . Julius Cerzoff ,1a chairman ot . ' J ■the Executive Committee of foe J